Purva-Mimamsa in its Sources c35.2

c35.2

We have dealt with ‘Exclusion’ and ‘Inclusion’, of Details; these enable us to determine the extent and the scope of the Ectypal Sacrifice. This leads us to consider the means of determining the extent and scope of the entire Sacrifices—specially the composite ones—which consist of a Primary and a number of Subsidiary Sacrifices. This subject lends itself to a twofold division—(a) There are certain Subsidiaries which, if performed once, effectually help, by that single performance, more than one Act; this help accorded by a single performance of the Subsidiary to several Primaries has been called ‘Tantra’ (Centralisation, Collectivation);—(b) there are, on the other hand, some Subsidiaries which have to be repeated in connection with each Primary to which they are related; this repetition of the Subsidiary with each Primary has been called ‘Avāpa’ (De-centralisation, Distribution).